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"A majority of these monthly transaction numbers were done by using fingerprint biometric authentication (122.57 crore), followed by demographic authentications," the ministry said
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The Ministry of Electronics and IT on Friday said that a total of 152.5 crore authentication transactions were carried out via Aadhaar in July 2022.
"Aadhaar registration, usage and adoption is progressing well across India, and by the end of July 2022, more than 134.11 crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated so far for the residents," the ministry said in a statement.
It said that residents successfully updated 1.47 crore Aadhaars in the month of July and to date (end of July) 63.55 crore Aadhaar numbers have been successfully updated following requests from the residents.
"A majority of these monthly transaction numbers were done by using fingerprint biometric authentication (122.57 crore), followed by demographic authentications," it said.
As of the end of July 2022, a cumulative number of 7855.24 crore Aadhaar authentications have been carried out so far, as against 7702.74 crore such authentications by the end of June, the ministry informed.
During July, more than 53 lakh Aadhaars were generated, of these, a majority were of children below the age of 18 years (0-18 age group).
The Aadhaar saturation level among adult residents is now near universal, and the overall saturation level is 93.41 per cent. At least 26 states and UTs now have a saturation of over 90 per cent.
In July, the number of e-KYC transactions executed via Aadhaar was 22.84 crore. The cumulative number of e-KYC transactions so far increased from 1226.39 crore in June to 1249.23 crore in July.